Leonard asa fleming



LEONARD ASA FLEMING, OE WEST MOUNT VER-NON, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 98,578, dated January 4, 1,870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN PAILS.

HGr-v*- The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and making part of 'che samev To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, LEONARD ASA FLnM1Ne,of West Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester, and State' of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fails, and other Wooden Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference be'ing had to the accompanying dxtwing, forming part of this specification, and in w icli Figure l represents an outside view of a pail, constructed in accordance with my improvement;

Figure 2, a horizontal section of the same, through the line :c a: in fig. 1; and

Figure 3, a horizontal section, on a larger' scale, of a portion of one ofthe hoops to the pail, showing the manner in which the hoops are'locked or fastened.

Figures 4 and 5 are side and end views of a block of wood during the process of forming a series of pails or pail-bodies from it.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. e

My improvement relatesA to pails and other wooden vessels, having their bodies made out of a single piece, the ends of-which are sprung or drawn together to form the joint, and my improvement, in this connection, differs from the bodies of such articles tapering in direction of their length, and cut in a scroll form,\ which produces an irregularity in the make, by outting them of a true circular shape in their transverse section, and tapering as regards their length, subject to aflongitudinal opening or division.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- To manufacture pails, and other andl adjustable bed or table, work up the same into a series of hollow bodies, of a circular form in their transverse section, by subjecting-the block to the action of a. verticallyoperating band-saw.

This I do, first, by cutting out a radial slot, a, in

h the block, to within a given 'distance of the centre oi" the latter, and of a width equal to that of the bandsaw. (See iigs. 4 and 5.) v

I then suitablyturn the block, relatively to the saw,

and rot-ate it, or the standon which it rests, to cutv and remove a core or central solid portion from it, and subsequently give it cross-feed, andagain rotate it to make a second circular cut, b, and so on, for any number of concentric cuts b', until the block is cut up intoA a series of cylinders, having a longitudinal division in them, as formed by the cut a, and of Vany suitable taper in direction of their length, by giving the block a proper inclination while beingcut.

pressed crosswise of the grain of the wood, and thus rendered less impervious, equally all around, while, in a scroll-cut sheet, one-half' is compressed on its inner side, and the other or shorter curve is expanded or opened in bringing the edges together and in line.

Iapering vessel-bodies may thus be made to advantage, and sufficiently clean or smooth to require no subsequent planing, apart from the economy that results from working or using up the wood, as described.

The bottom or end of the vessel having been inserted, and body A closed around it, said vessel is secured, and the body kept closed or made tight, by means of hoops D, which are secured, when closed, in a peculiar manner, dispensing with rivets, or other independent fastenings.

Thus, the hoop, for a given distance from its ends, has struck or stamped in it recesses c, with the metal, as pressed but not cut out of them, bent outward or inward, to form locking-lips d.

'lhese lips are bent in reverse directions, as regards the two ends of the hoop, the one set projecting or bending inward, and the other outward, the same g opening to inverse or opposite directions, as regards i the length ofthe hoop, so that on overlapping the one vessels, I take a f block of wood, and, setting it up endwise on a sloping end of the hoop over the other, a double and reverse clip or lock is established' by :fitting the lips (I, of either' end of the hoop, through the recesses c in the other end, as clearly represented in iig. 3. This forms a cheap, simple, and efficient mode ot' locking the hoops, and conduces to the cheapness and strength ot the pail.

I do not claim hollow-ware formed by cutting a log of wood into helical strips, nor what is commonly known as bent-ware,7 in which the sheet is bent in the direction of its grainv or ibre;V but What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let The method, herein described, of' cutting the bodyn part of pails, or other ycircular wooden vessels, asset forth.

LEONARD ASA FLEMING. Witnesses :l

FRED. HAYNEs, It. E. RABEAU. 

